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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

2013 Omnivore Festival: Inspiration Notes:
The 2013 edition of the Omnivore Food Festival (officially called Omnivore World Tour now that it's a traveling festival) was held at Paris's Palais de la Mutualité last week. I spent two days out of time in a dark auditorium, watching chefs cook on stage and jotting down notes in a handwriting that looks considerably more pulled together, I've only recently found out, if I use felt-tip rather than ball-point pens.
Every year a few common themes or ingredients emerge, and this time we saw a lot of oysters, cabbages, onions, and vegetables cooked to the point of being charred.
Aside from the excitement of climbing into a chef's brain, seeing him (overwhelmingly more than her, regrettably) do his thing, and listening to him talk about his craft, what I love about those sessions is being inspired by details, pairings, or techniques that I can take away and perhaps rig into my own cooking sometime.
Looking through my notes a few days later, I thought I would wring out a list of these ideas to share with you, in the hope that they may inspire you, too.From Guillaume Foucault, formerly at L'Artémise in Uzès, soon to open Pertica in Vendôme, in the Perche region:
- A pork belly, cooked for 30 minutes in the skillet, then soaked for 1 1/2 hours at warm room temperature in nuoc mam infused with star anise, cinnamon, and clove (pictured below).
- Talauma, a Vietnamese spice that you grate (a bit like nutmeg), pairs well with game meats.
- Fresh, uncooked green beans layered with coarse salt and meadowsweet flowers in a barrel and left to pickle. He then cuts the beans in small slices and uses them as a condiment or seasoning, especially with fresh cheese.